Verdugo Hills High School - El Portal Yearbook (Tujunga, CA)

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H6 l l firfgy Ns.. WI l Varsity Team, BoTTom Row L To R. Mgr. Bill Hickman, Jeff O'Connor, Mark Nash, PeTe Hernandez, Roger Zuch. Second Row: Mgr. George Burkharf, l Vic Yerby, Larry HerberT, Bill Moore, Curr Simkins, Neil Smi1h. Top Row: Mike Simpson, Bob Rasmussen, John Dumble, Ralph Mendez, Mike Sheehan, Craig Perers, Andy Sprague, Coach Frank Ornelas. VarsiTy PiTcher, Mike Sheehan Now ThaT Verdugo's baseball Team has become a parT of The EasT Valley League, They have been given The responsibilify of mainTaining The sTandards esTab- lished by lasT year's all-ciTy Team. Players who led The Dons into The season wiTh ThaT goal in mind were Andy Sprague, a Three year leTTerman, Mike Simpson, lasT year's baTTing champ, sluge ging, second baseman, Craig PeTers, and sTrong-armed Track- man, Vic Yerby. PiTching was handled by souTh- paw, Mike Sheehan, and rapid right hander, Bob Rassmussen, who leal This year's Team To an- oTher successful season. Rounding ouT The Team were sTarTers Mark Nash, Larry Her- berT, Neil SmiTh, and CurT Sim- kins. Promising iuniors This year were ouTfielders Roger Zuch, Jeff O'Connor, and John Dumble. Players PeTe Hernandez, infield- er, Ralph Mendez, caTcher, and relief piTcher, Bill Moore, will inheriT The No. l spoTs on nexT year's squads. VarsiTy CaTcher, Ralph Mendez 35153 I 'Nw-s... '-sun I V 'Qu Y ., ,. .M . , , , f 1. gee- ' ,. ..,,.V F., fy. A .Q ...w.1sQ...'ggsw .:7f..a f.- -4: We t- . gr, . ,, ,, ,, W 1 ,gswfr .,,f ,M ' V. A 5? 1g':1f.rr Q' T 4 . . ., U I . T T ,f i gf: ' ,-: i ii? lf'v,:,.L.1yew.3'i-Vi ' 1,139 fs - . ff. ' 'cg '15 ff iff g , 'L-1: , f . 5 ff 't T5fAQ, A JMR: I X M.:..p .4u,,,se.-A 'Aegis ,

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Tennis if .xgr Allen Petrinka Kevin Skinner Spring, three months of . . Racket strings breaking, Being bombed by foul baseballs, Traveling on crowded busses, x, 7 I !:':f 3 ini IIIL Wa 1 Tom Dutton Suffering agonies ot defeat, Sneered at by other sports, Squeezed into lockers surrounded by spikes, wet swimsuits, and bats, ' i - F ly J 5 X321 i F As s..,1,,,,,r:1 K X i X A I ,, , J 1 ll: sa I in 9 ll In nl u , lv- Ul ll! 'a In 'I dl ni yne Pierson Tad Tadewaldt Steve N 3 ' .f M'Ns N JS. ,fi S ii 3 ilu l Bruce Endo ITT Back-breaking, calisthenics, Wind sprints in the smog, This is what we g Tennis is the spo X T ,C s ,tc :xi S '55 ri' Q at ii ll, rw'-ei ITop fowl: Peter Graham, Jim Cleary, R. J. Shram, Edward Wetzel, Steve, Segall, Chuck Shaw, Phil Krahn, Daryl Conklin, Mike Horn, Jim Olmstead, Leon Bayer, Brian Kraft, Bruce Raensch, Craig Smith, Richard Wagner, Dan Branch, and Coach Phillips. iMiddle rowl: John McCuIley, Bruce Endo, Randy Johnson, Kevin Skinner, Steve Newcomer, Jerry Jurgenson, Allen Petrinka, Tad Tadewaldt, Peter Voss. iBottom rowl: Wayne Pierson, Jack Davis, Carl Pohl, Sheldon Dertler, Jim Allyn, Tom Dutton, and Steve Louie. ll5

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1 ,L an We Varsity First Baseman Andy Sprague Varsity Lead-Ott Man Craig Peters Junior Varsity Team, bottom row left to right: Mgr. Charles Atran, John Sanchez, Chris Van Reeth, Dennis Metcalf, Fred Young, and Joe Rico. Middle row: Dave Friesen, Mario Cano, Glenn Brewer, John Vallez, Larry Kenny, and Mgr. Gary Simison. Top row: Coach Ed Cordova, Larry Wieczorek, Jeff Thomas, Randy Ladd, Steve Rothblum, Steve Wendlandt, Tom Thompson, and Elliot Henderson. fiifff e 17,1 ,, f' l' .pf Q'-1 17511 vm Q is E ,.f -.. iw T.-N '-...Qu